Perkembangan Perkhidmatan Keretapi di Sabah, 1881-1963: Satu Tinjauan
Abstract: Social development
in Sabah, including the construction and upgrading of railways, was important
for the stateÂ’s economic activities. The economic and social needs prompted
the British colonial administration to improve the railway facilities. This
article discusses the development of railways in Sabah under the British
colonial administration between 1881 and 1963. This study seeks to determine if
the building of railways in Sabah involved the building of new railway lines or
merely the upgrading of existing ones. This study has found that the railways
development is evident under the British North Borneo Chartered Company (SBBU)
and then rose slowly but consistently under British colonial rule. The length
of railways increased considerably as a result of upgrading works by the
British after the Second World War. The upgrading of railways contributed to
socioeconomic change in Sabah which was visible in the increased agricultural
productivity and improvements in the industrial sector. The building of railways
also contributed towards economic growth as evident in the increase in new
settlement areas, employment opportunities and demographic change in Sabah.
Penulis: Sitti Asmah Ammituh;
Ho Hui Ling
Kode Jurnal: jpsejarahdd160082
